LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3328, 5 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Reform candidate .for. the WaVinlarin‘o.,__ electolfate.is to b be announc(_2d/uhis Week. b _

A, specially’ selected artist has been engaged to sing the, solo parté of the Bonnie Annie Laurie picture at the Town Hall" tonight. ' A -

_ According to Mr Clement’ Wmgge there will be a. particularly dry peruiod from 1919 to 1923, and his advice to farmers is to lay in stocks of lucerne to carry theny over the drought. A .

Genera? Mcl'dl'um, Oificial Liberal Candidate for Rangitikei, opens his campaign in Taihape on Monday next, when he will address “the electors at the Town Hall at 8 pm. Thwe following night, Tuesday, he will speak in the Town Hall, Utiku, -

“A real snip” in the way of acquiring a farm is;advr~.l'tised in another column, where 700 -acres of land are offered for sale at the extremely low price of £2 5/ per acre. Convenient tefins 11121)} be al*l'all§ed. It is not often an opportunity like this .occurs. Mr L. Daws will be pleased to give prospective buyers all information.

“I think we have passed the stage when the country can afford to leave any unproductive land in the country. The Govex-nment should take power to acquire all unimproved lands at valu-

ation for the purpose of settlement. Mfetallcd roads should precede the settlcgnent of all classes‘ of unimproved I’a.nd..”—--—The Hon. W_ D. S. MacDonald.

In the House of Representatives on Monday, replying to Sir Joseph VVal'd, Premier Massey said that, although there would be electoral legislation this session, he was unable to promise legislation to prevent. minority representation. It will be remembered, when ‘Mr Massey persuaded the House to repeal the Scond Ballot, he promised to enact legislation to Drevent minority 1-eprcscnta.tion.

The annual ball given by the local I'3ilW3y 9mPIOYOGs is a function that is always looked forward to with pleasure, as they are invariably successful and enjoyable. This year the ball will be held in the Town Hall on Friday next, and will prove no exception to the rule. A strong committee has all arrangements well in..han(l, and it is out to eclipse all previous records. Tickets have been going off very freely, wliieli is an indication t.h.ait_t.llc ball will be well aftended. Good music has been sceui'cdg the supper will 'be'a_ll, fhat is l(lesired,‘_ aml” the -.liaAilwa¢y ~men jvill gee tofit that :thei,floer is ‘in ‘tip,-top con-‘ clitrlion.‘ ' ‘ ‘ '

Board and lodging in a. private family is required by a young lady engaged in business.

Before the war the great number of people holding Government secilrities in Great.B_ritain was 340,000, to-day it is well over 20,000,000.

Messrs Freeman F. J aekson and Co.’s Raetihi sale will be ‘held on Tuesday, November 7th, entries for which appear 'in another column.

The following vessels will be within Wireless range to-night: Manuka, TroPle, Mararoa, Mokoia, Patenea; Karomiko, Karamea, Pdparoa, lonic. ‘

Beer bobtles in any quantity are wanted By Mr W. J. -Coutts, at the Main Trunk Brewery, Taihape. An advertiéement appears on page 8 giving prices for the diffcrentrvarietics Of bottles. -

Anotfier of the popular series of Socials and dances under the auspices of the Returned Soldiers? Association will be held at the Town Hall, Taihape, on Wednesday next, 12th November. ’Nuff sod!

As a result of the American Cotton ‘Association Convention, held recently at New Orleans, organisations are being formed in ten Southern States by cotton growers and factories to buy, and hold cotton for higher prices.

From a motoring standpoint, California, with its 4500 miles of concrete roads must be an ideal country to reside in._ From San Francisco to Los Angeles, a distance .of 441 miles, there is a 'perfect concrete road. How many years will pass before we have such highways in this country‘?

The next meeting of the Children’s B-all Committee will take place in the Mayor’s room, Town Hall, at 3,30 p.m. on Saturday, Bth -inst. All those wishing to assist are invited to be pv.-es-ant, or to send.’ their names to’ the seere—' taries or to Mrs Joblin. The prac-' tiees for children will begin next week. Pupils of all local and adjoining schools are cordially invited.’ -'

John Shell, beliey_ed to be the oldst human being in the world, celebrated his 131st ‘birthday last month_ The New Y_ork. Sun says that his skin is strétc~h_e.d dvgzr his face like that of zl_niull}llls’.‘ A_ His hands are long and _l<'h9£tcd. The veins stand out all over. thélil. The old ’_m_al; }je_pol'*ted to

liiwe said that he \vants“tb' live until NOV»€mb_e.,l',‘_:so that,__‘lle‘ can Voge Rgf publican at the elections, as he has done since the party was formed. His daughter is 97 years of age.

Recently a Hindu banana seller at Gisborne had some "experience of a Maori’s idea of a joke. When one Maori worked up an altercation with the Hindu over the_ question of bananas, another attached a ‘ rope to the ‘banana barrow and to the wheel of a cart. The ca.rtcr’s horse was enticed by the . Maori "to move forward, and the surprised Hindu suddenly found his neatly stacked pile cf fruit scattered over the dirty surface of the road.